Fossil and occurrence points of Rhinocerotidae, Elephantidae, Equus, and Camelus in China from the Pleistocene to the present

Rhinocerotidae, Elephantidae, Equus, and Camelus are large herbivorous mammals that have inhabited China from the Pleistocene to the present. Wen et al. studied a large amount of historical data to map the historical occurrences of these animals in China, including a small number of fossil sites and a majority of occurrence points recorded in the literature. We digitized the paper maps of these four taxa to create this dataset. This dataset includes 899 records of Rhinocerotidae, 534 records of Elephantidae, 277 records of Equus, and 417 records of Camelus.,  The original data were obtained from the book The Distributions and Animals in China compiled by Wen et al. Wen et al. collected historical records, animal fossils, murals, painted pottery, and other materials to determine the fossil sites and occurrence points of animals. They standardized and classified animals with various names from the literature, although most classifications could not be refined to the species level. Locations where animal fossils were found were recorded as fossil points. Multiple fossil individuals found at the same location were recorded as a single fossil point. The locations extracted from materials such as painted pottery and murals were treated similarly. However, the recorded occurrence points in the literature were not as precise. Only a few occurrence points had mapped locations, while most were marked at the center of the administrative regions where they were reported. Wen et al. plotted the fossil sites and occurrence points on paper maps. We scanne..., , # Histroical occurrence data of Rhinocerotidae, Elephantidae, *Equus*  and *Camelus* 

We submitted the shapefile-format data of fossil sites and occurrence points for the four taxa (Rhinocerotidae, Elephantidae, *Equus*  and *Camelus*). These files have been compressed into a .rar archive (**historical_occurrence.rar**).

## Description of the data and file structure

This dataset contains shapefile-format data for the four taxa. These data can be viewed and edited using software such as ArcGIS and QGIS. The dataset contains six attributes: FID, Shape, Id, Name, data_type, and Period. The last three attributes provide the primary information.

**Name ：**The scientific name of the animal. Some data from more recent time periods can be identified to the species level, but most records only include the family or genus name.

**data_type** : This attribute has three possible values: '0', '1', and '2'. '0' represents a fossil site record. '2' represents a record of a current (21st century) ...

犀科（Rhinocerotidae）、象科（Elephantidae）、马属（Equus）及骆驼属（Camelus）均为大型草食性哺乳动物，自更新世（Pleistocene）以来一直栖息于中国。Wen等学者通过研究大量历史数据，绘制了这些动物在中国的历史分布图谱，数据来源包括少量化石点（fossil site）及多数文献记载的分布点。我们对这四类群的纸质地图进行数字化处理，构建了本数据集。数据集包含犀科记录899条、象科534条、马属277条及骆驼属417条。原始数据来源于Wen等编著的《中国动物及其分布》（*The Distributions and Animals in China*）。Wen等通过收集历史记录、动物化石、壁画、彩陶及其他材料，确定了这些动物的化石点与分布点；他们对文献中名称各异的动物进行了标准化分类，尽管多数分类无法细化至种级。发现动物化石的地点被记录为化石点；同一地点发现的多个化石个体仅记为一个化石点；从彩陶、壁画等材料中提取的地点亦采用相同处理方式。然而，文献中记录的分布点精度较低：仅有少数分布点具有明确地图位置，多数仅标记于报告所述行政区域的中心。Wen等将化石点与分布点绘制于纸质地图上；我们对...（原文未完成）

# 犀科、象科、马属及骆驼属的历史分布数据

我们提交了上述四类群（犀科、象科、马属、骆驼属）化石点与分布点的Shapefile格式数据，这些文件已压缩为RAR归档文件（**historical_occurrence.rar**）。

## 数据与文件结构描述

本数据集包含四类群的Shapefile格式数据，可通过ArcGIS、QGIS等软件查看与编辑。数据集包含六个属性字段：FID、Shape、Id、Name、data_type及Period，其中后三个字段为核心信息。

**Name**：动物的学名。部分较近期的数据可鉴定至种级，但多数记录仅包含科或属名。

**data_type**：该属性包含三个可能值：'0'、'1'、'2'。其中'0'代表化石点记录，'2'代表现生（21世纪）...（原文未完成）